Supreme Court upholds relief to BJP MP Tejasvi Surya in criminal case
'What is this? Don't politicise the matter. Fight your battles before the electorate,' a bench comprising Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and K. Vinod Chandran said.
Mr. Surya was alleged to have disseminated fake news on a farmer's suicide in the state's Haveri district. The bench dismissed the appeal of the state government and cautioned it against the politicisation of legal proceedings.
The case stemmed from a post shared by Mr. Surya on November 7, 2024, in which he cited a report from Kannada news portals claiming that a farmer, Rudrappa Channappa Balikai, was found dead after discovering that his land had been taken over by the Waqf Board.
The post was subsequently deleted after it emerged that the claim was unfounded.
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